GOVERNOR PENCE AUTHORIZES ARMING INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD AT STATE FACILITIES AND RECRUITING OFFICES
Orders Increased Protections for Indiana National Guard Installations Following Chattanooga Attack
Indianapolis – Effective immediately, Governor Mike Pence has directed Indiana Adjutant General, Major General Courtney Carr in cooperation with the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement to enhance security measures at all Indiana National Guard facilities and installations in Indiana, in the wake of the recent attack on military personnel and facilities in Tennessee.
Today Governor Mike Pence issued an Executive Order directing the Adjutant General to enhance security measures at all Indiana National Guard facilities including recruiting storefronts across the state. The Executive Order authorizes the Adjutant General to permit the Guard to arm military personnel at the state’s Guard facilities and recruiting offices and directs several state agencies to assist the Indiana National Guard in implementing this policy in accordance with Indiana state law. Governor Pence is the Commander in Chief of the Indiana National Guard. The Executive Order text can be found in full attached.
The Governor also issued the following statement.
“In the wake of the attacks that claimed four United States Marines and one Navy sailor in Tennessee, I have directed the Indiana National Guard to take appropriate steps to enhance security at all Indiana National Guard facilities and recruiting offices. I have also directed Major General Corey Carr, the Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard, to authorize the arming of military personnel at all Indiana National Guard facilities and recruiting storefronts in accordance with state and federal law.
“As commander-in-chief of the Indiana National Guard, I will not permit our citizen-soldiers to remain unable to defend themselves and our citizens at facilities in our state. Hoosiers may be assured that those who have stepped forward to defend our state and nation will have the ability to defend themselves.”
Evansville man arrested for assaulting a police officer
Jones was a passenger in the car and was being detained because officers believed there were drugs in the car. When officers tried to handcuff him, Jones shoved an officer and attempted to flee. The officer was able to grab him and continued trying to place him in handcuffs. Jones then struck the officer with his elbow and ran away. Jones was captured after a foot chase and taken into custody without further incident.
Jones has over a dozen prior arrests. He was booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail on Battery on Law Enforcement and Resisting Arrest charges, but has since bonded out.
Wanted Felon Arrested after Barricading Apartment
- For the last month the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office had been searching for Mr. Christopher James Norman. Mr. Norman was on probation for Dealing in a Synthetic Drug prior to having his probation revoked in early June. On Thursday, July 16, 2015 at approximately 8:33pm a sheriff’s deputy observed Mr. Norman standing outside an apartment in the 5400 block of Carriage Drive.
The sheriff’s deputy requested additional units respond to the scene, but Mr. Norman entered the residence prior to the arrival of assisting deputies. Sheriff’s deputies knocked on the door of the residence, but no one would answer. A key was obtained, but when the door was unlocked deputies discovered that the occupants had blocked entryway with furniture.
Sheriff’s deputies and Evansville police officers then surrounded the building and requested theEvansville Police Department swat team for support. After about an hour, contact was made with Mr. Norman who crawled out the front window of the apartment and surrendered. Mr. Norman’s girlfriend, Ms. Kristen Munoz, was inside the apartment and was also taken into custody.
ARRESTED:
Christopher James Norman (pictured above), 18, of Evansville. Petition to Revoke Probation, Failure to Appear on Charges of Theft as a Class A Misdemeanor, Failure to Appear on Charges of Criminal Mischief as a Class B Misdemeanor, Failure to Appear on Charges of Operating without a License as a Class C Misdemeanor
Kristin Marie Munoz (pictured above), 24, of Evansville. Assisting a Criminal as a Level 6 Felony